The final series will feature the long-serving Peter Sallis as Norman Clegg, alongside Russ Abbot, Frank Thornton, Brian Murphy and Burt Kwouk.

BBC1 will mark the end of the sitcom with special editions of Countryfile and Songs of Praise from Holmfirth, where Last of the Summer Wine has been filmed since it was first broadcast as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973.

Last of the Summer Wine is written by creator Roy Clarke and produced and directed by Alan JW Bell.

Many of the comedy's former cast have died, including Kathy Staff, who played Nora Batty, Brian Wilde (Foggy) and Bill Owen (Compo).

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